Dave founded PeopleSoft in 1987 and served as the company's CEO
and board chairman. He was responsible for the company's vision,
product and market direction, and commitment to customer service. In
addition, he inspired the company's unique culture by promoting core
values that focused on people, innovation, integrity and fun.
PeopleSoft grew to be the world's second-largest application software
company before being acquired by Oracle in January ...
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Dave Duffield is an accomplished software industry executive and
visionary. He has an extensive history of pioneering new ground in
business applications.
Dave founded PeopleSoft in 1987 and served as the company's CEO
and board chairman. He was responsible for the company's vision,
product and market direction, and commitment to customer service. In
addition, he inspired the company's unique culture by promoting core
values that focused on people, innovation, integrity and fun.
PeopleSoft grew to be the world's second-largest application software
company before being acquired by Oracle in January 2005.
Prior to PeopleSoft, Dave established two mainframe application
software companies. He was CEO, chairman, and chief product architect
at Integral Systems, the first company to offer DB2-based human
resource and accounting systems. He also co-founded Information
Associates which specialized in applications for the higher education
market. He began his career at IBM as a marketing representative and
systems engineer.
He holds a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering and an MBA from Cornell University.
